Hi, the code below runs fine on my active state 5.8 installation at work but barfs with the error:
    "at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i686-linux/Tk/ItemStyle.pm line 21."
under RH9.0, Perl 5.8.0 (fresh install from source) and Tk804.024. Interestingly if I only specify the background colour style it works fine. Any-one have any clues? Thanks. 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;

use Tk;
use Tk::HList;
use Tk::ItemStyle;
use Tk::Label;

my $mw = MainWindow->new();
my $label = $mw->Label(-width=>15);
my $hlist = $mw->HList(
  -itemtype    => 'text',
  -separator  => '/',
  -selectmode => 'single',
  -browsecmd  => sub {
      my $file = shift;
      $label->configure(-text=>$file);
   }
);


my %priorities = (     
  1 => { text => 'Highest', colour => 'red'       },
  2 => { text => 'High',    colour => 'orange'    },
  3 => { text => 'Medium',  colour => 'darkgreen' },
  4 => { text => 'Low',     colour => 'blue'      },
);

for my $int (1..4){
  $priorities{$int}->{style} = $hlist->ItemStyle('text',
    -foreground       => $priorities{$int}->{colour},
    -background       => 'white',
    -selectbackground => '#0A246A',
    -selectforeground => 'white',
  );
}

foreach ( qw(/ /home /home/ioi /home/foo /usr /usr/lib) ) {
  $hlist->add($_, -text=>$_, -style=>$priorities{1}->{style});
}

$hlist->pack;
$label->pack;
MainLoop;

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Most of the code above is from the Tk::HList manapge, I used it to work up the test case :)

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In reply to Tk ItemStyle problem on linux by greenFox

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